16 students at the Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training (SFUVET) in Bern participated in an exchange with the Platinate Chamber of Skilled Crafts.
The 2022 Hermann-Schmidt prize is awarded to companies, vocational schools or cooperative arrangements which have excelled themselves specifically in the areas of sustainability or digitalisation in training and continuing education.
Many young people do not make the transition directly from school into vocational education and training. They should therefore be given specific support in the transition sector.
The shortage of skilled workers in technical and natural science occupations has almost doubled compared to 2021. The situation is particularly precarious in digitalisation occupations in eastern Germany.
To alleviate staff shortages in restaurants and hotels, Interior Minister Faeser wants to "bring good workers to Germany". FDP is even calling for a radical change in immigration policy.